{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Bikinis After Babies","title":"Episode 85: 5 Mistakes You Are Making In Your Fitness/Prep Journey That Are Stalling Your Results","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3581,"description":"If you feel like you’re doing everything right in your bikini competition prep or fitness journey training hard, eating “clean,” hitting your steps — but your body isn’t changing then this episode is for you!  In this week’s episode of Bikinis After Babies, we’re breaking down the most common bikini prep and fat loss mistakes women make and exactly how to fix them so you can start seeing the progress you’ve been working so hard for.In this episode, we cover:1. Training Hard… But Not Training Smart → You might be showing up consistently, but if you’re not training with progressive overload and real intensity, your body has no reason to change.2. Underestimating sleep + stress → If your sleep is inadequate, overstimulated, overtraining, and stressed out… your body will fight fat loss.  Recovery isn’t optional in prep/fat loss. It’s part of the plan.3. Inaccuracies in nutrition → You can eat clean foods and still eat too many calories.And yes… almond butter can stall your prep faster than a slice of cake. Food quality matters, but calorie intake still drives fat loss.4. Ignoring biofeedback → Digestion, cycle changes, inflammation, water retention, stress… these matter more than most women realize.  The scale doesn’t always tell the truth — your biofeedback does.5. Comparing your journey to someone else’s → The fastest way to ruin your progress is to copy another person’s plan without knowing their body, metabolism, or history. Comparison creates panic decisions — and panic decisions ruin physiques.Your results aren’t stalled because you’re not capable. They’re stalled because you’re repeating patterns that don’t match your goal physique….because most stalled results aren’t caused by bad genetics or a broken metabolism. They’re caused by small, repeated mistakes that add up over time… and keep you stuck in the same physique year after year.We hope that you enjoyed this episode and if so, we would LOVE it if you would rate, subscribe, and leave us reviews on how this...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7hfAfgWnqnxszsl4OMyHRGofFimP_PbS-r9swOCFvmE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84NTIz/OWVlNGFlODllY2E3/M2U4ZmVhZTU1YTY1/MjZiZi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}